The semipermanent soundlessness connected the Suikoden games has mystified us, you, everyone, for implicit a decade. But Konami moves successful mysterious ways, and past nighttime astatine the Tokyo Game Show, the institution knocked everyone disconnected their chairs by surprise-announcing remasters of the archetypal 2 games, owed adjacent year.

It’s been 10 years since determination was past a Suikoden game, and that was Gensō Suikoden: Tsumugareshi Hyakunen nary Toki, connected the PSP, released successful Japanese only. A fan-made English translation appeared past year, but understandably radical assumed the bid had been abandoned.

This was made further the lawsuit by the crowd-funded occurrence of Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes, a spiritual successor to the Suikoden series, created by the archetypal developers. It had raised an eye-watering $4.5 cardinal by June past year, and is already looking precise impressive.

This surely had to beryllium a motivating origin for Konami, who possibly yet realized they were sitting connected an abandoned golden mine. Still, though, they kept schtum and ignored the endless wails. Until now.

While these remakes are evidently not being worked connected by the likes of decorator and writer Yoshitaka Murayama, who is moving connected Eiyuden Chronicle, they person brought backmost successful archetypal quality creator Junko Kawano. Which is interesting, arsenic helium is listed arsenic moving connected Eiyuden Chronicle too.

IGN got clasp of immoderate in-game footage from the remakes, wherever you tin spot the improved sprites, caller sound, updated UI, and adjacent rewritten English translation—something sorely lacking successful the archetypal ‘90s releases. This is simply a large deal, Suikoden fans!

Oh boy, the sprite creation successful the conflict series is conscionable truthful good!

At slightest 1 erstwhile Konami worker has been reacting with daze astatine this announcement. Yuichi tweeted saying, “While I inactive worked for Konami astatine E3 2015, I was told to my look that determination volition ne'er been different Suikoden crippled due to the fact that it conscionable doesn’t merchantability successful the States and Europe.”

He added, “For those who don’t cognize determination are 27 True Runes successful the lore for Suikoden and lone 18 person been revealed.” He says helium tried to support the bid live for 8 years astatine Konami, with nary success, but believes that if these remasters beryllium successful, there’s anticipation a sixth crippled volition beryllium made.

This means that, large slips aside, 2023 should spot the merchandise of some Suikoden 1 and 2, on with Eiyuden Chronicle. Like buses they are.